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Roxanne K. Young

Note: All medical professionals in the US Coast Guard (except physician assistants) are commissioned officers in the US Public Health Service (PHS). US Coast Guard chief warrant officers in medicine ...
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Note: All medical professionals in the US Coast Guard (except physician assistants) are commissioned officers in the US Public Health Service (PHS). US Coast Guard chief warrant officers in medicine are designated CWO(Med). This also applies to the US Coast Guard Reserve. Note: The US Marine Corps does not have its own medical organization. The medical care of the US Marine Corps is provided by the US Navy. | Less

Roxanne K. Young

Note: All of the preceding designations also apply to the Army National Guard (ARNG) and US Army Reserve (USAR). Note: All of the preceding designations also apply to the Air National Guard (ANG) and ...
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Note: All of the preceding designations also apply to the Army National Guard (ARNG) and US Army Reserve (USAR). Note: All of the preceding designations also apply to the Air National Guard (ANG) and US Air Force Reserve (USAFR). The US Air Force has no veterinary corps; veterinarians are in the Bio-Sciences Corps. Note: All of the preceding designations also apply to the US Naval Reserve (USNR). | Less

Roxanne K. Young

JAMA and the Archives Journals prefer that the author’s nonmilitary academic degree(s) be used in bylines, eg, Christopher Lee, MD, not Col Christopher Lee, USAF, MC. If used in the text, the ...
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JAMA and the Archives Journals prefer that the author’s nonmilitary academic degree(s) be used in bylines, eg, Christopher Lee, MD, not Col Christopher Lee, USAF, MC. If used in the text, the abbreviation of a military service follows a name; the abbreviation of a military title (also called grade or rank) precedes a name (eg, 1LT Cornelia McNamara, AN, USAR). Military titles and abbreviations should be verified with the author (see also , Manuscript Preparation, Bylines and End-of-Text Signatures; and , Manuscript Preparation, Bylines and End-of-Text Signatures, Degrees). | Note: All of the preceding designations also apply to the Army Less